-He says the president wants to build apolitical state institutions -His disclosure has sparked massive anger among the NPP footsoldiers Professor Ken Attafuah, the Executive Director of the National Identification Authority (NIA), says President Nana Akufo-Addo barred him from recruiting any member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the NIA. This is because the president wants to end the practice of staffing critical state institutions with party footsoldiers. NIA boss Ken Attafuah: Akufo-Addo barred me from hiring NPP members Source: UGC “The President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, he has charged me that I should make sure no party executives are hired in the process,” Professor Attafuah told Kumasi-based